we're going to be back in 25 minutes with a local news update. >> and join us at 9:00 for a full hour of news. right now, we want to go live to punxsutawney, pennsylvania, to see if punxsutawney phil is going to show his face any time soon. we're expecting that in about 20 minutes. >> it is ground hog . good morning. when will it end? a tense standoff in alabama enters its fifth day as a 5-year-old boy remains held in an underground bunker. this morning, we're getting our first look at the man accused of holding him hostage. too sex? critics taking aim at the commercial that features a sultry kate upton at a car wash. does it go too far? the supermodel talks to us live. and countdown to the super bowl. the good times are rolling in new orleans already. the food, the alcohol, the celebrities, we're right there in the middle of it all.

today, suddaturday, february 2, in the middle of it all. today, suddaturday, february 2, 2013. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today," on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill. happy groundhog day. does it feel like we've been here before, once or twice? a live picture from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where, of course, the most famous resident is punxsutawney phil. later we will find out whether he is predicting six more weeks of winter or perhaps an early spring. there are people in both camps. keep your fingers crossed for whichever one you're hoping for. >> i wouldn't pack away the longjohns yet. not a weather guy, but that's my thought. and regardless of the season, there's always a party in new orleans. super bowl weekend is no exception.

jenna wolf is down there. what's going on in the big easy? >> reporter: guys, there's so much going on down here. this city knows how to do it right. this will be the 10th time they've hosted. the first time since katrina. they've done a terrific job for getting ready for the tens of thousands that are converging on new orleans for the food and music which, i've found out, plays 24 hours a day. we spoke to a lot of fans -- i found out they're divided into three groups. the raven' fans, 49ers' fans, and people looking to be on bourbon street for 24 straight hours. you hear all that? we'll hear from them and hear from the harbaugh brothers going up against each other in this unprecedented super bowl, and we'll catch up with celebrities that we ran into along the way. so much more coming up in the next two hours. we'll check back with you. >> sounds like somebody did an all-nighter. >> i think so. for work. for work, right? >> two things. >> reporter: am i bleary-eyed

yet? all for work, all for work. >> thanks. we'll see you in a bit. meantime, in terms of other news, there's a new milestone for wall street. the dow closing over 14,000 for the first time since the financial crisis. we'll look at what that means for you and for your money. then, a new chapter for hillary clinton. the former secretary of state is waking up this morning -- she's probably sleeping in without an official job for the first time in 30 years. we'll look at what's ahead. then, extreme sports. with the death of a snowmobiler at the x-games, we'll look at whether competitors are maybe trying to push the envelope too far. has this become a little too extreme? plus, a serious long-term relationship for pop star taylor swift. not a guy, it's diet coke. critics say it's sending the wrong message to her young fans. more coming up. we begin in alabama where a police standoff with a man accused of holding a 5-year-old hostage in an underground bunker

enters its fifth day. we have more from midland city. >> reporter: good morning. this standoff has dragged on for more than 85 hours. police remain tightlipped about the situation, but there's concern from local residents about how the dropping temperatures overnight are affecting safety of the child. so far, though, police say that child is unharmed. on friday, investigators released this picture of the suspect, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes. not only was he in the navy in the '60s, but he earned awards including the vietnam service medal. friday, police towed away the school bus from the crime scene. it had been there since tuesday afternoon when police say dykes boarded it as it was stopped, demanded a few children, and then shot and killed the bus driver when he wouldn't hand them over. since then, dykes has been holed up in an underground bunker nearby with a 5-year-old boy named ethan with asbupergeasper

syndrome. officials have lowered medicine and coloring books for ethan through the pipe. the bus driver has been called a hero, and the funeral will be scheduled for later today. residents are hoping and praying for a peaceful resolution. lester? >> gabe gutierrez for us this morning. thank you. and clint van zandt is a former fbi profiler and nbc news analyst. nice to have you here. >> hi, lester. good to be here. >> we understand this man has a television. so i have to be mindful -- we have to be mindful, we don't know what he's watching this hour. with that in mind, what are the options here? the fact that things are stable, is that in itself a good sign? >> yeah, it really is. you know, again, my background is a hostage negotiator also. i've been in these situations. i know the fbi negotiators are working very hard with mr. dykes trying to extend to him the hand of freedom, trying to offer him the way to come out of this situation. he probably took this little boy

hostage as he was trying to build a defense between him and law enforcement because he was supposed to go to court last wednesday. you know, he's accomplished that. somebody died. know the negotiators will be trying to minimize that and saying it was a terrible thing, but you may not have wanted that to happen. what they would like mr. bykes to do, as -- mr. dykes to do, as you and i may be talking to him now, is come out and tell his side of the story. we've heard neighbors rant and rage and suggest the type of person he is. we also knows he a vietnam veteran, he served his country. this is the time for him to come out, to release that little boy. but for him to stand up and say, "these are the reasons, this is what drove me to this." i think there are millions who are ready to hear what he has to say. >> we've seen so many movies and tv shows where after ten minutes the swat teams go storming in. first of all, this is a difficult space. a four foot by six-foot-long

bunker. regardless of the size and the ease or -- the difficulty of the wait, typically these things end without a raid, do they not? >> 85% or more of standoff situations like this at least end nonviolently where the individual inside it just sometimes takes hours, sometimes like this one, takes days. but what's positive, lester, is that we know that the little boy that's being held, he's being cared for. he has medication. i heard a report suggesting that there was some type of heat source. we know this is underground, so the temperature is going to be relatively stable. now i'm not making light of this for this little boy to be away from his parents going five days. >> sure. >> but the reality is he hasn't been hurt. so law enforcement doesn't want anything -- doesn't want to do anything precipitously that could cause anybody to be hurt at this time when the talking cure will likely work in this situation. >> yeah. and the term "negotiation" may

suggest you give something and you get something back. how far can police go? this man, face it, is wanted in theft the one murder that occurred on the -- is wanted in at least the one murder that occurred on the school bus. >> i've been in similar situations talking to similar gunmen. you minimize what was done, you suggest to mr. dykes that, you know, your weapon could have gone off accidently, somebody couldn't have grabbed at it. you didn't go on trying to shoot at anybody, you were trying to protect your property, you were afraid of the government, afraid of the sheriff's office. a lot of people today have those thoughts and ideas. come out and they're shows ideas. what the negotiators are trying to do is build this psychological umbilical cord between themselves and mr. dykes where he feels, okay, i'm safe to come out, i want to share my information. i want to make a statement, i

want people to hear my side of that. part and parcel of that, of course, is both of them coming out safe. >> clint, you appreciate insight, and we appreciate you coming on. we hope for a safe and successful outcome. thank you very much. >> thanks. erica? >> thanks. if you have any money in stocks, you may be feeling better about it this morning. maybe a smile on your face. on friday, the dow finished the day over the 14,000 mark for the first time since the fall of 2007. tom costello explains why. [ bell ] >> reporter: a big rally on wall street friday with the dow back over 14,000. a lot has changed since the last time it crossed that mark on october 12, 2007. within a year, lehman brothers and bear stearns had fired, housing prices went off a cliff, the unemployment rate went from 4.7% to 10% before falling back to 7.9% now. in portland, oregon, this week, more than 900 people applied for 160 new jobs at two hardware

stores. >> 80% of the people we saw had been out of work from three months up to two years. >> reporter: julie ober has been out of work for 16 months. >> my last job was front desk at a pain management company. and just -- i actually got sick and couldn't be there any longer. >> reporter: nationwide, some 12 million americans are still out of work. >> 7.9% unemployment, simply not good enough. with that, wages don't rise. older folks don't see enough stock market gains to retire. there's not enough new jobs for young people leaving school. >> reporter: while the jobs picture has been slowly improving, it's been a different story on wall street. after bottoming out four years ago, the dow has since climbed 111%. cnbc's bob pisani has seen a mood shift in wall street. >> the economy is slowly improving. it's not fast enough for some, unemployment is too high.

some of the key economic indicators are definitely getting better. >> reporter: what's going right for the economy? manufacturing and construction activity has picked up, while the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9% in january, we also learned that more jobs were added in 2012 than first reported. meanwhile, fear of a financial crisis is lessening. back in portland, julie ober's job hunt is now over. >> i got the job! >> reporter: one more piece of economic news -- gas prices, they are moving to the upside and fast. averaging nationally $3.46 a gallon, up 13 cents in a week, up almost 20 cents in a month. of course, you'll pay more if you're in california or the great lakes or east coast. for "today," tom costello, nbc news, washington. time to check some of the morning's other top stories. >> with jenna in new orleans, tom llamas is filling in. >> reporter: good morning. we start with another attempt to rein in iran's nuclear ambitions.

vice president biden says the u.s. is prepared to hold direct talks with iran but only if the lich in th leadership in tehran is serious. speaking in germany, biden said there's still time for diplomacy to succeed, but iran needs to show good faith in efforts to resolve concerns over its nuclear program. meantime, iran revealed its domestically built fighter jet which it claims can evade radar. mahmoud ahmadinejad says it shows the growing self-reliance in military technology. in this country, there's been another online hacker attack. twitter says it quickly shut down at least one attempt to gain access to its user data, but hacker may have collected information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users including users names, e-mail addresses, and encrypted versions of passwords. twitter says it reset the passwords to the affected users and sent then emails telling them to create a new one. it encourages all of its use force change their passwords -- users to change their passwords

regardless if their account was compromised. president bush's beloved dog barney died at the age of 12. in a statement on president bush's facebook page, he said barney never discussed politics and was a faithful friend. barney had been suffering from lymphoma. okay, in the war on childhood obesity, the department of agriculture is ready to crack down on what kids eat at school. it's proposing a new set of rules that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks, and greasy foods sold on public school campuses. finally, if you're not a football fan, there's another type of bowl you might enjoy sunday -- the puppy bowl. animal planet's take on the big game. shelter puppies play their own version of the game and looking like they're loving every second. if dogs aren't your thing, you might enjoy the kitty halftime show. we actually spoke to animal planet this morning. and good news -- none of those puppies, none of those kitties are accused or have failed any drug tests. there's no doping in the puppy

bowl. >> there's been talk about that. >> there have been rumors. especially with the white lab, pearl. >> pearl, i heard -- i'm happy that you cleared that up. >> thanks. dylan dreyer is here with the first check of the forecast. dylan -- i tried to give the forecast a minute ago with the groundhog day, but i have no idea. >> i don't think phil knows what's going on either. 126 years, 15 times he hasn't seen his shadow. and i -- i just -- i think most of the time it's cloudy. i don't know what's going on here. this year, too, it's cloudy. there will be flurries. about eight degrees

good saturday morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we have a chance for seeing a little snow coming our way this afternoon and this evening. temperatures are certainly cold enough to support snow chances. we're in the mid and upper teens across the area right now. fortunately not much of a breeze out there. a slow warmup today, but clouds will be on the increase. highs today will be lucky to get at or just barely above the freezing mark. there's a chance for light snow this afternoon into this evening. most places staying less than an inch. that's the latest. >> thanks. the most traveled secretary of state in u.s. history is jobless today for the first time in decades. former secretary of state hillary clinton received a warm

sendoff in washington on friday. and while her political future may be in question, one thing is certain -- her short-term plans include a lot of rest. kristin welker is at the white house with more. good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning you to. that's right, clinton has joked about looking forward to sleeping in this weekend. this after visiting more than 100 countries, earning praise and some criticism along the way. secretary of state hillary clinton starting a new chapter in her storied life. >> i cannot fully express how grateful i am to those with whom i have spent many hours here in washington, around the world, and in airplanes. [ laughter ] >> reporter: clinton spent a lot of time on airplanes, traveling more than a million miles from overseeing a shift toward democracy in myanmar to helping to broker a cease-fire last year

when tensions flared between israel and hamas. the final weeks of her tenure were rocky when she testified on capitol hill about the attack against the u.s. consulate in benghazi. foreign policy experts say she didn't have one signature achievement, but she did leave a mark. >> on balance, i think that she's notable for a steadiness, for a relatively error-free period, for extremely loyal service to the president. >> reporter: her journey to secretary of state was somewhat improbable. from the white house as first lady to a senate to a tough campaign against her now-former boss. >> i was a big admirer of hillary's before our primary battles. >> if the roles had been reversed and i had ended up winning, i would have desperately wanted him to be in my cabinet. so if i'm saying i would have wanted him to say yes to me, how am i going to justify saying no

to my president? >> reporter: while today she can sleep in, clinton's next move is a mystery. she joked to "the new york times" in november, "maybe i'll get a decorating show." the speck blaulation about a wh house run in 2016 has begun in earnest. >> for the foreseeable future, i don't think that i will be at all political because there's so much else i need to do. >> reporter: now sources close to clinton tell me she really hasn't made up her mind about whether or not she'll run in 2016. it's certainly one of the options on the table. they say right now she's just focused on get something rest. lester? >> thank you. now, 18 minutes after the hour. here's erica. >> thanks. if you're one of the millions of people who struggle with your weight, new findings show the problem may not be you. turns out some commonly held beliefs about what it takes to slim down and stay that way are wrong. that's according to a report published in the "new england journal of medicine." dr. lori maska is director of cardiology at new york presbyterian hospital.

nice to see you. it's always nice to know it's not our fault, right? >> absolutely. >> let's look at some of these commonly held beliefs. and find out whether or not they're true. we hear a lot that a rapid weight loss doesn't stick. if you lose that 100 pounds, chances are you're putting it back on right away, and this can lead to yo-yo dieting s. that true? >> a lot of research stems back to the 1960s when rapid weight loss had some adverse associations with it. so doctors tend to recommend slower weight loss. but new research really shows that there's tremendous individual variability. and actually some people that have rapid weight loss actually sustain it much longer than those who do not. in fact, i have to tell you in my clinical practice, it really helps people to get a jump-start. you know, they feel good. they get that positive feedback. and they can stay with the program a little bit longer. >> it's a great motivator personally and when you hear feedback from other people. a lot of times you're told you should set realistic weight loss goals. even if you have to lose 50

pounds, maybe start out with 25 so it doesn't feel so overwhelming. >> right. and i have to confess, i'm a person that has always promoted realistic goals amongst my patients. but we are a high achieving society. we're all individuals and many of us respond to raising that bar higher. we don't treat our kids all the same, our patients the same, athletes the same. people are motivated in different ways. don't be discouraged. you know, if you really want to set a high goal for yourself, go for it. you might actually be very successful. >> all right. also, there's a lot of talk about gym class or physical education in schools which we've seen cut in a lot of school districts because of budget issues. there's a belief that these classes can actually lead to weight loss. i find that surprising. >> well, i'm concerned about this myth. i think that we have to keep in mind and underscore the -- that gym class in their current form, they're not like in the old days when you got to play. many of our physical education classes now are filled with

learning rules, writing about how you feel about this sport, you know, we need to ingrain habits in kids early. and even though our research doesn't show that the current form of physical education classes is associated with weight loss, it's not sensitive enough to see the changes in body composition. more importantly, erica, it builds confidence in kids to actually have lifelong habits of physical activity. so we have to keep in mind what our end goal here is. >> that's what's important, to instill that goal in kids. just to get moving every day so they carry it through their adult life. >> absolutely. as you know, it's a lifelong struggle for many people trying to lose weight. >> in terms of getting moving. there's talk about whether sex is a good workout. a good calorie burner. what is the verdict? >> right. it turns out that sex doesn't burn a lot of calories. and this is really in line with a lot of recent research dispelling old myths that we need a lot of high-intensity, short bursts of activity.

what we're seeing now is in order to lose weight, we need long, duration, high intensity. the average person, a sexual bout is six minutes. if this is your form of physical activity for six minutes, you have to increase the time you spend. >> we'll have to leave it there. nice to have you with us this morning. >> my pleasure. thanks. still to come, it is groundhog day. will punxsutawney phil see his shadow? find out if we're in for an early spring. and look at one commercial deem toad sexy for its own good. it's its star, supermodel kate upton, will answer critics live.

still to come, the man behind the manti te'o hoax talks about his painful past shen whether that was his -- past and whether that was his voice on the tape.

are extreme athletes pushing the boundaries too faf? we're back after these messages.

good morning. 7:26 on this saturday, february nd. i'm richard jordan. it is groundhog day. these are live pictures from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where we'll find out in punxsutawney phil will see his shadow or not and what that means for our forecast. let's listen in. >> phil, with his keen weather eye, gazed a quizzical search to the western pennsylvania skies. phil and the president conversed and phil directed him to the chosen prognostication scroll.

the president tapped the chosen scroll and phil's prediction is proclaimed. so ye faithful, there is no shadow to see, an early spring for you and me. >> a little drawn out there, but it seems there is some cheering and punxsutawney phil has predicted an early spring. i think i got that right. we will go to chuck bell now to see what his interpretation is. >> well, richard, let's just say that we predicted it here on channel 4 news a few hours ago. i'm actually pleasantly surprised he's predicting an early spring. it's been a mild stretch of weather around here for weeks in a row. highs today, mid-30s. all right. chuck. thank you. another update in about 25

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we are back on this saturday morning, february 2, 2013, with breaking news to report. as you know, it is groundhog day. punxsutawney phil weighing in just moments ago -- our good friend did not see his shadow. so we could be in for an early spring. >> no -- i think if he doesn't see his shadow, then we are in for an early spring, isn't that -- >> well, in theory if he doesn't see his shadow, we are. i think if we look at the track record, it may not always add up. therefore, we've added a modfire to make sure that our bases are

covered. >> dylan will have the opposing view. >> she'll have the more official weigh-in for us. a big day, groundhog day. there you go. spring, bring it on. i'm erica hill alongside lester holt. coming up, did the man behind the manti te'o hoax also supply the voice in those voicemail messages we heard that seemed to have been left by a bottom? dr. phil had experts analyze the voice mails against the voice of the hoaxer it. we' -- hoaxter. we'll have a closer look. and we'll talk about the person behind the hoax, at his past, just ahead. was this an accident waiting to happen? a snowmobiler died in a tragic accident this week at the x-games. just the latest in a series of accidents by competitors looking to push the boundaries. can anything be done to protect these athletes from themselves? we'll take a closer look. and then we'll switch gears. talking about a racy amptd people are calling it -- for

mercedes-benz. indicate justice departmenton seen in provocative, racy -- kate upton seen in a provocative, racy ad. the question, is it too sex? we'll ask the supermodel what she msnbc a live interviewer coming up this morning. plus, the super bowl of sibling rivalries, john and jim harbaugh are the first brothers to ever meet in the super bowl as head coaches. hear what they had to say about the match-up and the role their mother is playing. one proud mother. >> very proud mom. yes. we want to begin with the latest chapter in the manti te'o girlfriend hoax. the man behind the deception is now explaining why he did it and how. here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. i don't want to be. >> reporter: as ronaiah tuiasosopo, the man behind the manti te'o hoax, answered dr. phil's questions -- >> people say, does he have any feel being this, the truth is i hurt every day from the decisions i made.

>> reporter: he admitted he was motivated to create the fake girlfriend because of his own romantic love for the football star and a painful past. >> i want to talk about why you felt moved to create an alter e ego. >> it went through what i went through as a child. >> reporter: it took the tv psychologist several tries to get an answer to one of most perplexing questions -- was it really tuiasosopo alone who left the voice dmalmails. >> i want the truth. >> reporter: he first went behind a screen to do the voice. >> i love you so much, sweet dreams. >> reporter: the show was analyzed by experts. >> 87%, 40%, 48%. not conclusive. >> reporter: they sent a producer to tuiasosopo's house where he said he made the calls in private. whe with the producer's phone he

recorded this. >> sweet dreams. >> this time there was no question -- match, match, match. >> reporter: perhaps conclusive proof. but for many, still not enough. even with this public apology to manti te'o. >> i can never express how sorry i am. >> reporter: for what appears to be simply a cruel hoax that fooled a young star and has fascinated a nation. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. now here's erica. >> thanks. some people saying, hey, this was bound to happen. the death of an extreme sports competitor. unfortunately, it did happen this week at the x-games. it is raising a question again -- are these extreme athletes going too far in the name of entertainment? that story from michelle franzen. >> reporter: in the world of extremes, caleb moore was living his dream. the action sports athlete was a rising star in the x-games. defying gravity with his fearless moves as a freestyle

snowmobile rider. the 25-year-old won four x-games medals in his short career. but on january 24, an accident during competition in aspen left caleb injured on the course. >> they said it was a fluke. >> reporter: denver post"' writer jason blevins was there. >> got up, he was unconscious, and they treated him. he walked to the batallions. >> reporter: one week later, caleb died from complications from the crash. he is the first athlete to die during competition in the 18-year history of the x-games, produced by espn. in a statement, the network offered its condolences. "we are deeply saddened by caleb moore's passing, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his parents." the sports network underscored its commitment to ensure athletes' safety. "as a result of this accident, we will conduct a thorough review of this discipline and adopt any appropriate changes to future x games."

extreme sports has grown in popularity over the years as athletes push the envelope, striving to master new tricks. >> there is no going backwards. we don't see tricks leveling off. every year the craziest things are happening. >> reporter: last january, four-time x games gold medalist champion freestyle skier and super pipe pioneer sarah burke, died after a training accident. >> ho! >> reporter: and in 2007, skateboarder jake brown, known as the comeback kid, after sustaining injuries from his crash at the summer x games. despite the accidents and moore's death, experts say the daredevil sports are here to stay as athletes court fame, fans, and flirt with disaster. >> these guys are going bigger and bigger. and when you push yourself like that and pushing each other like that, that's when things go wrong eventually. >> reporter: for "today," michelle franzen, nbc news, new york.

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upstage, but model kate upton may have done it. ♪ >> you missed a spot. >> the ad has been viewed more than seven million times on youtube. but is it too sex? kate upton and steve cannon, president and ceo of mercedes benz, join us from new orleans. good morning to both of you. thanks for coming on. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so kate, you've heard the criticism, the parents television council says it's too sexy, objectifying women. maybe the issue isn't that it's too sexy, but that it's too inappropriate. give me your take on that. >> i don't see how it's inappropriate because i'm not even actually washing the car. >> i mean, is it something you're proud of? >> yes, of course i'm proud of it. i'm -- i'm proud of being a part of the brand. it's such an amazing brand.

and it's a symbol of luxury, and now they have this new, beautiful car, the cla, that's affordable and sexy for a younger generation. >> i can see why they hired you as a pitch person. but perfectly there. steve, let me ask you -- i think any company would die for the buzz that this ad is creating. but i don't necessarily know that you like the controversy part of it. give us your thoughts. >> it's certainly created conversation, and conversation is good. we think this is absolutely inbounds. we're trying not to take ourselves too seriously. we wanted to have a little bit of fun. and we think we did that with this spot. it's actually not our advertising spot for the super bowl. we got a big spot that's coming tomorrow. this was just a viral video to create conversation. and with seven million hits, we were happy that kate upstaged the mercedes. it's been a great -- a great impact. >> yeah. >> no one can upstage this car. >> you've got a lot of impact there. have you ever, steve, seen one of those commercials that's so

good and so funny and so interesting that you forget what the product is? are you at all concerned that kate has upstaged your car? >> not worried about it at all. mercedes-benz is a strong brand. kate's a strong brand, too. at the end of the day, we think that getting noticed, having conversation before the super bowl, pushing the battlegrounderibattlegrounounda our brand, we're trying to reach out to a new generation with the cla. we think this does all of it. >> i notice that you don't actually wash the car in this ad. do you even own a car? >> i don't. i live in new york city. and so i don't own a car. if i did, i'd definitely want the cla. and it's funny, when i first read the script, i was like i -- i really wouldn't be washing my car, so -- >> are we going to see something similar of you in the actual ad, or is it a totally different ad? >> no. the sad totally different which is where i think the video got so much attention.

people naught that it was the leaked -- people thought that it was the leaked commercial. really the commercial is completely different. >> we'll end it there. kate upton, steve cannon, thanks for getting up early with us. i hope you goat enjoy the game tomorrow. >> thank you. >> thanks, lester. coming up, sibling rivalry. jim and john harbaugh speak out about the super bowl after this. ever. nurses are dealing with a wider range of issues. and there are ever-changing regulations. when you see these challenges, do you want to back away or take charge? with a degree in the field of healthcare or nursing from capella university, you'll have the knowdge to advance your career while making a difference in the lives of patients. let's get started at capella.edu.

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the words "sibling rival rery" have taken on a new meaning when john and jim harbaugh are playing in the super bowl, the world's biggest stage. they talked to the media together. jenna's at the superdome with more. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. they're brothers first and coaches second love this sunday that line may be blurred a little bit. it's great. they used to share a bedroom when they were kids. yesterday, they actually shared the spotlight. it was an unprecedented event. the two coaches sat side by side. john in the suit and tie, jim only 15 months his junior, went with a more casual look. they have very different personalities, the two of them. while they spent the last two weeks deflecting questions with each other, it turns out there

is one member of the harbaugh family they were more than happy to talk about -- mom. >> there's nobody in the family that has more competitive fire than my mother. she competes like a plane ymani. i learned, number one, that is that. she always believed in us. i think that's the most important thing to me. >> reporter: afterwards actually they talked a little bit about the family. it was really cute. they snapped this great picture with their grandpa, joe. there's a whole family tree going on here. was really nice for the media to see how close a family they are. they snapped a picture with the lombardi trophy which one of them is very much hoping to be holding tomorrow night after super bowl xlvii. it's an underlying story to football, but it is a fun, endearing story we've been following. parents are having a hard time figuring out who to root for.

they'll rooted for both. it's good, it's fun. people are talking about it. >> they just root for a harbaugh, right? >> reporter: you can't lose if you root for a harbaugh, am i right? >> it is. a great story. i love that grandpa was in on the action, too. >> reporter: parents are there, grandpa's there, kids are there. it's -- who cares about us? the harbaughs are going to come watch the game on sunday. it's a really nice family affair. >> good stuff. thanks. just ahead, we'll have much more on the super bowl. the average ticket price -- turns out it's $3,400. we'll break down some of the other numbers of the big game.

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good morning. it is 7:56 on this saturday, february 2nd, 2013. i'm richard jordan. later today, a murdered d.c. teen will be laid to rest. the funeral for the 18-year-old will be around noon today in silver spring. last night was the memorial service. she was shot and killed at a bus stop at meeting her accused killer through an iphone app called tagged. he was already wanted for a felony trespassing warrant. well, thanks to punxsutawney phil, looks like it'll be an early spring. in a couple minutes, we'll hear from his relative, potomac phil.

he'll make his prediction as well as deliver political insight. he's expected to come out at 8:00 a.m. no matter the weather, storm team 4

the groundhog in pennsylvania is forecasting an early spring. let's see what the meteorologist in storm center 4 has to say about this weekend's forecast. here's chuck bell. >> good morning, everybody. as you can see, clouds are headed our way. they're coming in from the west. our skies, which are sunny now, will go mostly cloudy this afternoon. there will be a chance for light snow coming our way. temperatures this morning will stay in the mid to upper 20s through about noontime. forecast this afternoon, clouds return, light snow very likely, but accumulations generally one inch or less. another chance for light snow tomorrow. again, generally less than an inch. seven-day forecast shows a hint of a moderating trend by late next week.

this weekend, cold with a couple chances for at least seeing a little winter-like weather. >> chuck, thanks. more news and weather in 25 minutes. welcome back to "today," saturday morning, february 2, 2013. great shot. lady liberty. it's groundhog day, by the way. it's cold in new york city as seen from our camera at the top of the rock. we may be in for a change. punxsutawney -- i always -- >> punxsutawney phil. >> punxsutawney phil waiting for an early spring. >> he knows a guy who knows a guy. >> that's right. i'm lester holt along with erica hill. and coming up, super bowl is here. the big easy is celebrating the big game. you've never needed a reason to

party in new orleans. >> not really. >> the city is going all out. >> taking it to a new level, i think. >> yeah. anyway, a melting pot of sports, entertainment, even politics as thousands of football fans flock there for the super bowl. and jenny is live from new orleans -- and jenna is live from new orleans. we'll check in in a few minutes. plus, a 30-second spot for the gun control will cost y-- a spotted for the super bowl will cost you $4 billion. we'll look at the big numbers, and they are large. and ahead, soccer star david beckham is taking his talents to paris. it's what he's doing with his paycheck that has people talking. taylor swift taking on a new role. but it is hitting the wrong notes with some people. there's some concern that this could send the wrong message to her young fans. we'll tell you why critics are now weighing in on the star. >> another reason they're calling her a pop star now because of what she's endorsing. speaking of singers, alicia keys will tackle the star spangled barn tomorrow.

she will do fabulous. why do so many have difficulty with the national an them? >> maybe because it's so difficult. >> you have to start it really low to hit the high note. that's coming up. we begin this half-hour with the latest on that tense standoff in alabama. a man has been holding a 5-year-old hostage in his underground bunker since tuesday afternoon. we have more from gabe gr gutierrez. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. mourners are preparing to remember the school bus driver who was shot and killed tuesday afternoon. this as the standoff drags on for more than 85 hours. police appear willing to wait this one out. as police towed the school bus from the crime scene friday, investigators released the first picture of the man they say is responsible. 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes. the man believed to be holding a boy hostage, than with

asperger's syndrome, in the underground bunker. >> he has supplies and food. this child is 5 years old. has he got food that whithis ch will eat? >> reporter: he served in the navy in the 1960s and won award including a meritorious unit commendation. a good conduct medal and a vietnam service medal. [ siren ] >> reporter: on tuesday, those honors seemed very far away. police say dykes boarded a stopped school bus and demanded two random young children. when the bus driver refused, police a dykes shot and killed him and made off with 5-year-old ethan. kelly miller said her kids got off the butt right before the shooting. >> -- off the bus right before the shooting. >> i cannot believe he got on the bus with the intentions to grab a 6 to 8-year-old, all he had to do was grab him. he got him home before this happened. >> reporter: a funeral for the bus driver is scheduled for

today. his family says he loved his job and died a hero. >> every time a child got on my dad's bus, he considered them his children. that's the reason why my dad took those shots for his children just like he would do for my and my sister. >> reporter: that pain is being felt throughout this town of 2,300 people. schools were closed most of the week. >> i think it's crazy that it's happening so close to home. >> as soon as we pray, we already believe that prayer is going come true. >> reporter: every night there are multiple prayer vigils here. ♪ of. >> reporter: prayers for a young boy trapped in a bunker, prayers for the man who did everything he could to save him. ♪ >> reporter: that bunker is believed to bequipped with electricity and a television. police have been talking with the suspect through a ventilation pipe and have been able to drop medicine and coloring books for the child. it's unclear how often they're

communicating with him. erica? >> gabe, thank you. let's check the other top stories. tom llamas is filling in for ena. good morning, everyone. vice president joe biden says there's still time for diplomacy with iran, but only if the country is serious about dreblth talks over its nuclear -- direct talks over its nuclear program. the vice president is in munich for an international security conference. he told the group iran needs to show good-faith efforts to resolve concerns over its nuclear ambitions. more than a week of political violence in egypt has reached the palace gates of embattled president mohamed morsi. protesters announcing the islamist leader have been clashing with security forces. some want him removed from office. in turkey this morning, security has been tightened after friday's suicide bombing at the u.s. embassy. the u.s. called it an act of terror after a suicide bomber killed himself and a worker at the entrance to the compound.

turkey's proper said the bomber was a member of the far left group designed as a terror organization by the united states and the european union. and those three stories are all examples of the overseas challenges that new secretary of state john kerry will face. he was sworn in friday with his wife, daughter, and brother by his side. kerry says he's anxious to get to work on monday morning. outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton has joked that she would spend this morning sleeping in. twitter is warning users that a quarter million of them may have been hacked. the social media giant confirmed on friday that hackers accessed some 250,000 user names, e-mail addresses, and encrypted versions of passwords. users holding the affected accounts have been notified. an encouraging jobs report help end the week on a high for wall street. the dow closed above 14,000 on friday f the first time since october, 2007. two months before the great recession officially began. and we continue to get a sneak peek at the super bowl ads. this one will have some of you saying aww.

especially lester. anheuser-busch is well-known for its clydesdale commercials. this week's features a week-old clydesdale foal. the foal doesn't have a name yet, but bud wiser is encouraging people to go twitter and facebook to help name it. any suggestions? >> lester. >> lester? lester the foal? that's -- >> kate upton, horse commercial. >> there's no competition there, right? lester. >> all right. >> thanks. >> thank you. dylan dreyer has our check of the forecast. >> you know, the groundhog has proved me wrong yet again. he did see his shadow. it's this ongoing battle i have with him. he did see his shadow -- no, he did not see his shadow. now we are going to get -- see, he messes me up. we are going to get spring early.

good saturday morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. there's bright sunshine out there this morning. local groundhogs are likely to see their shadow, even though punxsutawney phil, fortunately, did not. current temperatures, winter cold for sure. upper teens to around 20 degrees right now. a real bundle-up factor this morning. high temperatures this afternoon, just barely above the freezing mark. clouds are on their way back, and there's a chance for light snow this afternoon and this evening and a little more light snow possible >> and that is your latest forecast. lester and erica? >> dylan, thanks. it is, of course, super bowl weekend. and along with the 49ers and the ravens, the city of new orleans is taking center stage. >> jenna has been there all week

long soaking it in. jenna, good morning again. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you again. look, new orleans must be doing something right if the super bowl keeps coming back here. fans, all types of fans follow suit. what you have is the big easy on the big stage. ♪ >> reporter: if any city knows how to throw a party, it's the big easy. from jambalaya to jazz. this, too, is a city that never sleeps. >> go ravens! >> reporter: this weekend, the city is welcoming football fans of all sizes, stripes, and whatever pattern this guy is wearing. is this ravens' attire, weird 49er attire? going to clown school? >> mardi gras time, a week out. i am pulling for the ravens. >> reporter: guys, stupid question. who are you rooting for?

>> ravens! >> let's go, niners! >> reporter: how many drinks have you had already today? >> first drink. >> reporter: it's only 9:00 a.m., so the day's still young, my friends. >> let's go, niners! >> reporter: such divisive devotion. can't we all share a little of that new orleans hospitality? if you're looking to take a bite out of your culinary bucket list, you've come to the right place. >> you can't think of new orleans without thinking seafood. >> reporter: famed new orleans chef john besch showed me how to make the perfect po boy sandwich. >> french bread. >> reporter: veggies, toppings, oysters for a tower of taste. that's really good. >> she loves it. jenna loves it. >> reporter: first time. and when it's time to satisfy a sweet tooth -- >> cheers. this melts in your mouth. >> reporter: there's nothing like the beignets at cafe du monde. in the meantime, all around

town, big names are turning up for the big game like tracy morgan. can you predict how it is going to go? i mean -- >> i don't make predictions, but i'm going 42-17. oh maybe -- >> reporter: that's a guess? >> me personally -- that's a guess. i would like it to be 21-21 at the half. >> reporter: and tennis star andy roddick. you have a team that you're rooting for this sunday? >> you know what, i -- i'm choosing the 49ers to win. which should please baltimore fans because i -- >> reporter: are you bad at this? >> i have bet against the ravens three weeks in a row, and they have been taking out their anger on my wallet. >> reporter: if you're still not convinced new orleans is the place to be, just ask ragin' cajun james carville. >> everybody else comes from a city. we come from a culture. this is a culture. its own music, body of a architects. i want people to see this is the greatest super bowl ever. >> reporter: james, thank you very much.

appreciate it. >> i'm bouncing off the walls. >> reporter: okay. so you guys know, that was ten minutes before his first cup of coffee. you can only imagine. i will tell you this -- it has been a caloric roller coaster for me down here. food is coming in at all angles. and being offered up. i have yet to say no. so we are -- if a diet is your thing, new orleans may not be your place. we are having a blast. i just want you to know. and coming up, i got you guys all a little something-something around here. a few gifts that i'm going to bring back. i'll show you next time i see you. don't say i never did anything for you. >> beignets for me -- >> you're getting requests. >> reporter: they'll wait a week. they'll be great as soon as i get back. you're good to go. >> a little stale. see you in a bit. and as you heard, new orleans packed, of course, with football fans. it's the numbers behind the big gham are simply staggering. >> that they are. we have more from new orleans. good morning. >> reporter: erica and lester, good morning to you. when people talk it the super bowl, they tend to use

adjectives that are pretty generic. the crowds are enormous or the commercials are outrageously expensive. what are the actual numbers? well, get out your calculator because here's a guide to your super bowl specifics. by the numbers, it's the 47th super bowl and the 10th hosted by new orleans. a city that knows how to party. >> go, ravens! >> go, niners! >> reporter: the french quarter is already busy. on sunday, pack your patience. some 150,000 fans will fill the city. 73,000 will have coveted seats in the superdome. and even the nosebleeds aren't cheap. the average ticket price -- $3,400. the rest will hit nola's big screened hot spots for their game day fix. some are bunking not in a hotel but at the r.v. resort in the french quarter. yes, it exists. at 600 people, it's as full as it can get.

they're not partial to east or west coast or jim or john harbaugh here. it's an equal-opportunity fan club. >> i'm rooting for the 49ers. and mike -- >> i'm rooting for the ravens. >> reporter: for those nowhere near the big easy, it will be easy to watch the game. from a front row seat to their flat screen. the most watched event of the year was seen last year by 111.3 million people. some just for the commercials. this year, 30 seconds goes for a cool $4 million. the 2010 commercials were such a bargain. only $2.65 million. of course you're eating while you're watching. chicken wing are a favorite, and experts say some 1.25 billion will be consumed this weekend. the super bowl parties, if you received an invite, plan on an average of 17 of 10 ds. then there's this number -- zero. that's what beyonce is earning, or isn't, for her performance sunday. not a dime.

while the nfl covers production costs of putting on the show for the star, there's no check in the mail. yeah, so what's the production cost? those can add up. that can be private air fare to get here, transportation for all the singers, hotels, meals, bringing in the speakers, that can reach a couple of hundred thousand dollars. that said, beyonce's probably not worried about not getting a paycheck for this. >> probably going to be okay i think. i'm going to go out on a limb. i'm more comfortable predicting that than i would be the outcome of the game. >> reporter: me, too. good call, girlfriend. >> you know, the super bowl starts at the same time that i start nightly news tomorrow. i'm starting a campaign, asking everyone to dvr the game and watch me live. >> i think you know what i'll be watching. >> how do you think that's going to work out? >> i think it's working really well. you don't want to see the first half-hour. come on. learn what's going on in the world first. >> just fast forward. >> you just want to see the end

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beckham, global icon -- >> reporter: he may have been passed ever to play for his country in the olympics even after help bring the games to london. he may be 37, in a sport where your prime is considered a decade younger. in paris, david beckham announced the news with trademark humility. his storied soccer career has caught another wind for up and coming team paris san germane. >> i got offered a lot of offers, more offers than than i've had in my career. >> reporter: he ended his contract with the champion l.a. galaxy and moved with his wife and four children. >> i want to play for as long as possible. >> reporter: a career full of endorsements. even modeling. sports analysts say he'll be paid some half a million dollars a game. he's donating it all to a children's charity. he really can still bend it. >> he can dip it. he can curve it around players. or he can pass the ball 40, 50,

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good morning. it's 8:26 on this saturday, february 2nd, 2013. good morning. i'm angie goff. it is groundhog day. just minutes ago, potomac phil emerged to forecast the rest of the winter. he saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter. but earlier this morning, hun punxsutawney phil in pennsylvania saw no shadow, forecasting an early spring. who do we believe? that's up to you. well, taking metro could take you a little longer this

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it's a grab the hot chocolate kind of morning. what's the latest, chuck? >> temperatures are still in the teens and low 20s across the area. so the sun is shining. that's the reason that potomac phil saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. sure feels like winter this morning. there are snowflakes entering west virginia now. they are inbound for our area by later this afternoon, this evening. just like the last few, we're not expecting much more than a coating. nonetheless, it will be cold. temperatures climbing only to the upper 20s by late this morning. highs today only into the upper 30s, about 34 for a high here in washington today. a 60% chance of light snow arriving mid to late afternoon and ending sometime mid to late this even ek. another little chance of some light snow on sunday morning. i think we'll start the weekend with sunshine this morning and end it with sunshine tomorrow afternoon. dry day coming up on monday. another chance for light snow

late tuesday on into wednesday. a gradual warming trend means chances after that will mostly be rain. for now, be ready for another coating of white stuff later on today. >> that conversational snow that snow lovers will take. join us for a full hour of news coming up at 9:00 a.m. we're back on this saturday morning, february 2, 2013. a great crowd on the plaza looking to celebrate groundhog day with us. some celebrating a birthday. charles and lauren are celebrating at home. happy birthday to them. i'm erica hill alongside lester holt, tom llamas in for jenna wolfe, roughing it in new orleans, and dylan dreyer. jenna is in new orleans, and all of a sudden her hand grew very large. jenna, we're going to talk to you about -- >> it's not polite to point. >> is there something in the water there? >> she's bothering people. >> we'll check in with jenna in

a few minutes. also, a new relationship for taylor swift. not everybody happy about it. >> taylor swift has made a commitment to diet coke. she's just did an endorsement deal, and it has raised tension with critics who say it's not a good message with the obesity problem with young people, young fans. we'll dive into that controversy. and in case you haven't heard, the big game is tomorrow. and all eyes will be on alicia keys as she tackles the "star spangled banner." we'll look at why so many perform verse had a hard time performing the national anthem. and i'm sure it has something to do with all eyes being on them. >> and the fact that it's a tough song. >> it is a hard one. i never attempt it. >> no. me, either. >> and there's no shortage of ways to predict the super bowl. so we're going to try to see who will win the big game tomorrow. we're going to the animal kingdom for that. they'll weigh in on which team is going to go home with the trophy. we'll have the results in our weekly rewind segment coming up. >> da bears. not even playing this year. sorry. i couldn't help myself. ahead, we're continuing our

comfort cooking school this morning. i'm making one of my favorite dishes, one of my favorites because my dad always made it. we're making beef burgundy. get ready to put a little meat on your bones and be warm and cozy this morning. >> our beef bourguignon. >> my dad would say it the french way. first, dylan has a check of the weather. it's beef burgundy weather i think. >> i was going to say the same thing. a day for comfort food. it is cold in new york city.

. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. snowflakes to our west now are coming our way for later on this afternoon into this evening. just like the last few systems, accumulation should generally be one inch or less across the area. any time there's snow coming your way, we need to let you know. temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s for now. we'll climb only to the upper 20s to around 30 later this afternoon. a coating to perhaps as much as an inch of course, you can get the latest forecast at weather.com. and i'm sorry -- this just blows my mind. your biological -- you're biological brother and sister -- >> yeah. >> i flew into new york yesterday.

this is our first time meeting each other ever. >> and you're already hugging each other. this is really exciting. >> i love him. >> my gosh. amazing story here on the plaza. erica? >> great. thanks. turning now to one of the most popular singers in the world and her controversial endorsement deal. this week, taylor swift announced a new partnership with diet coke. and that is a deal some critics say sets a bad example for her millions of young fans. why? miguel with the story. ♪ she wears short skirts >> reporter: at 23 years old, singing superstar taylor swift is a marketing dream. >> taylor! >> reporter: the idol's wholesome, squeaky clean image, makes swift a perfect pitchwoman. >> we'll be making it official with one of the great loves of my life -- diet coke. ♪ we are never ever ever getting back together ♪ >> reporter: after inking a major deal with diet coke, some don't buy what she's selling. lori david blogs for the

"huffington post." >> frankly, i was horrified that taylor swift made a deal with diet coke. we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic and a diabetes epidemic in america. one in three kids are overweight or obese. and you know, one of the number-one culprits is soda. >> reporter: after signing her deal with diet coke, swift released a short video announcing the joint venture but didn't respond to any criticism. our calls to her reps were not immediately returned. diet coke did, however, release a statement. "an overwhelming majority of people have voiced their support of the new partnership between taylor swift and diet coke, and we are committed to putting those fans at the forefront of everything we do together." swift certainly isn't the first mega-star to sign with a soft drink company. in the '80s, michael jackson teamed up with pepsi. ♪ you're the pepsi generation >> reporter: more recently, so did pink and britney spears, laying the foundation for beyonce's reported $50 million

deal with the cola company. ♪ you belong with me >> reporter: some marketing experts say swift is different. appealing to a younger crowd. >> michael jackson, beyonce, they've never put themselves out there as the positive dream, that you can do it if you try, there's no need to cheat, wholesome attitude and mentality that taylor swift projects. >> reporter: swift may be under fire, but she remains widely popular, giving new meaning to the name "pop princess." ♪ >> reporter: for "today," nbc news, los angeles. up next, speaking of singers, we'll take a look at -- or listen actually, why so many people, even the professionals, have such a tough time with our anthem. we're just looking, right? of course. this is the leo diamond. [ woman ] wow. [ man ] it's the first diamond ever independently certified to be visibly brighter. it's perfect. it even fits. that's because... ♪

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before tomorrow's game gets underway, all eyes will be on the field where alicia keys will perform our national anthem. >> it will be the first hoe-profile rendition -- high-profile rendition of the "star spangled banner" since a performance that caused a wee bit of controversy. ♪ and the home of the >> reporter: the "star spangled banner," the big play before the biggage. two weeks after -- big game. two weeks after beyonce's lip-synching controversy -- >> i did not feel comfortable taking a risk. >> reporter: all eyes will be on alicia keys to see if she scores or fumbles. >> the national anthem is a very difficult song to sing. there's a lot of pressure to get it right, and a lot of singers want to make it their own. >> reporter: it may be our national anthem -- ♪ held something something >> reporter: but the "star

spangled banner" is often mangled. ♪ banner yet wave ♪ o say >> reporter: christina aguilera flubbed the lyrics during the super bowl. >> she missed an entire verse. >> reporter: michael bolton needed a handy reminder, and roseanne barr reduced the song to ear-splitting screeching. ♪ free >> reporter: frances scott key penned the "star spangled banner" in 1814 as a poem with four verses. more than 100 years later it became our nation's official anthem. now only the first stanza is sung. >> ramparts? no idea. >> reporter: why is our most patriotic song one of the most difficult to nail? ♪ >> reporter: for one thing, the lyrics are hard to remember. >> the entire song is four sentences long. >> wow. >> tough to remember. as you breathe in the middle of the line, it's tough to remember what you're saying. >> reporter: and as i found out

with voice coach -- ♪ o say ♪ by the dawn's >> reporter: the song requires enormous vocal range. i feel like there's screeching. >> you might have to screech and hopefully you'll free it up in a second. ♪ what so proudly we like lly w♪ >> good job. you remembered. >> reporter: sitting a song with a high note and high expectations. ♪ the land of the free >> reporter: for "today," mara schiavocampo. ♪ home of the brave >> dawned on me, we should have been standing. >> oh, well -- you know, we're going to do our part by not singing for everybody. that's -- >> that's out of respect. for the country and the flag. >> exactly. as we move from singing, hitting rewind social security in the "weekly rewind." a super bowl edition of some of

the funniest clips of the past seven days. >> forget the vegas oddsmakers, we're asking the animal kingdom to choose the winner. first up, ozzie the grizzly bear in montana. he was given two bananas pies identical in every way except for one detail -- one had icing with the logo of the baltimore ravens and the other had icing depicting the logo of the 49ers. after careful consideration, ozzie ultimately picked up the cake with the ravens' logo, thereby predictioning a win by the do-not-call -- predicting a win by the tie. why banana pie? it's delicious, obviously. next, a pelican at the asquaurm aquari -- aquarium. he checked out the helmets and tapped his beak on the one gleaming gold and red declaring the 49ers the winner. you probably thought a bird he would if with the ravens. no. 49ers. >> maybe he likes the shine of the helmet. >> possibly. a good theory. >> all that glitters is gold. >> you never know. now to the tiebreaker to two manatees in sarasota, florida,

hugh and buffet. two logos were placed outside their tank. they both swam straight for baltimore. the marine laboratory says buffet has selected the correct team every year for the past five years. hugh has been correct three times during the past five years. which animals are we going with, guys? >> wait, were we keeping score? >> the manatees didn't have their glasses on. >> i love the faces -- they were facing the wrong way. >> it was ravens, two, niners one? the manatee is stinking cute. >> it adds up to 49ers for me. >> yeah? >> yeah. that's a bias. >> your team. i wonder if people are betting after the segment. they bet on the manatees, it's the ravens. >> one thing i've learn good the human race, people will bet on anything. anything. >> true. i hear you aren't big fans of chicken wings. is this true? >> lester and i are not. >> i am. >> i love chicken wings. >> you can have our wings. >> too messy. too --

>> i love the chicken wings, but -- >> fat and skin. >> unless you can -- >> grosses me out. >> not enough food. >> they're so fun to eat. they're perfect with beer. >> no. i'll take the beer, and i'll take the celery that they come with and the blue cheese dressing. >> celery? okay. all right. >> more wings for you in the end. if you don't like sport, you don't like the super bowl, check out the wing bowl. these guys here, they competed for cash and a new car by showing their intestinal fortitude by eating as many spicy wings as possible. the winner was jamie "the bear" mcdonald of connecticut. he inhaled -- get this -- 287 wings in 30 minutes. >> ew. >> five more than the runner up, in front of a soldout wells fargo crowd in south philly. check out the names of the people he beat. bam-bam wing-o-lows, bob the robs, and snack jacks. if you do the math, that guy ate 9.5 wings a minute. >> hope to there was an ice cream chaser involved. >> i'm having a hard time processing it. >> so is he. >> didn't the price go up? >> yeah.

finally, a big weekend for football fans. a bigger weekend for daisy suddenono and dave pel egrini. they met at the super bowl and are getting married in new orleans. the bride is wearing purple. they will kick off their honeymoon by attending the big game tomorrow. some people like to release doves. i hope to couple doesn't release roichbs becau ravens because tell go straight for the wedding cake. >> and they can honeymoon in san francisco. >> a lovely play to honeymoon. very nice. >> thank you. next, we're heading into the kitchen for one of my family favorites. beefburg see. a good day for it. inspired by my dad. this is "today" on nbc.

this morning, erica is sharing another of her favorite

comfort recipes. last week it was mac and cheese. this week we'll do something more sophisticated, beef bourguignon or beef burgundy. why is this a favorite? >> my dad loved to cook for us. me dad pass -- my dad passed away three years, but this was a favorite. my sister and i would come across the country home. this is the wedding shower in atlanta. he bought us a copy of "the new york times'" cookbook. and the recipe in the book was his favorite in the book, beef burgundy or beef bourguignon as he would say it in french. so in honor of my dad, we're making beef bourguignon this morning -- >> good winter meal. >> good winter meal. >> hearty. >> are you french? >> i do have french in me. i speak french and my sister lives in france. we have a love for all thing french in my family. plus, this has french wine in it so you can't go wrong. which is why we're starting with a glass of wine. me dad would recommend having a glass of something as you're

cooking. it can't hurt. there we go. so first start with the meat. the first thing that you'll do -- sorry, i'm giving you the wine. put it down. you want to salt and pepper it. right? on both sides. and one little trick i learned from our good friend, bobby flay. do it high. do it salt. so you salt and pepper this liberally. you do it on both sides. in the interest of time on television, then you take it, put it in a bag with 1/3 cup of flour. >> each cube or a bunch? >>eral at a time or it would take all day. get them in, shake it around, coat them. then what lester's involved in -- >>s yes, i've been doing. >> cooking bacon in a pet in one of my well-loved pots. after you take the bacon out, the bacon grease, extra olive oil, brown the meat. once it gets brown, take it out. take it out and put it in here. you want to leave some of the juice in here as you take the meat out. that's because we're going to

use that to get a little more flavor from the rest of the dish. i'm moving in here, my friend. >> please. i'm too slow. >> i don't know if you're aware of how things work on television when you cook. >> not a 20-minute segment. >> we don't have a lot of time. we take the meat out. you'll take brandy here. >> okay. >> this goes into the pot. and you're going to deglaze the pot. pour it in slowly. and the whole time the brandiy's -- brandy's in there, scrape up the yummy, brown bits. this will take a couple of minutes and will turn into a lovely, creamy concoction as you're getting all these bits together. >> we're putting flour -- >> no. there's a little bit in there from the meat. >> the alcohol smells very strong. it does burn off? >> it is going to burn off a little. yeah. what we would do then, mix some in with the meat. what we're going do now is -- what would be left in the pan, we would clean up the pan a little. we'll modify it for tv. add butter and olive oil. >> okay. >> then dylan will put the vegetables in. we've got leeks, onions, carrots -- >> what happens to the tomato

snaft. >> that's coming after. we'll cook our vegetables for a bit. then add in the tomato paste, okay. >> leeks and garlic? >> leeks and garlic. cook it down until it's soft. we put the meat and bacon back in along with a number of herbs and spices. we have -- >> yeah. >> i used ground cloves, bay leaves, a lot of thyme, a lot of parsley. you'll throw in -- we would put in a whole bottle of wine. and we would put in beef stock. we're going to move down here. in the interests of time, we put these things in, cook it for 20 minutes. throw it in the oven for an hour. you sauté onions and mushrooms. will you throw the mushrooms in? >> yeah. >> add them at the end. give it a good mix. i'll steal the spoon. voice abeef burgunbua-- voila, . you can make it ahead. i made mine on tuesday and froze it for friends coming over tonight. >> freezing it is okay? >> if freezes beautifully. >> what time should i show up?

>> come to dinner at 6:00. my kids have to go bed early. we'll take a test. and you can find the recipes on line along with more about my awesome dad, steve, at today.com. coming up, more from new orleans and breakfast. [ male announcer ] there's a story behind the silver of philadelphia cream cheese. it always begins with fresh, local milk, blended with real wholesome cream. going fresh from the farm, to our fridge, in just six days. when it comes to fresh taste, philadelphia sets the standard.

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>> reporter: dude, you'll be like -- like the man in the -- >> no one will know it's me. >> nice. >> reporter: they may have a clue. >> thank you. >> reporter: erica, for you, i know -- you're a niners fan. you have little boys and they like lego's. i got you lego pieces. really cute. right? >> auntie jenna scoring big points. >> reporter: with 10,000 more, you can make a team with the stadium and everything. i got you started with two. >> thank you. >> reporter: dylan, i know you love weather. but you're so attached to the weather that i -- so passionate about it, that i feel like you should detach yourself a little. so this -- when you're pointing to the map -- will always give you distance between yourself and whatever you're pointing at. >> that's perfect. glad it's not green. >> reporter: can't get too close. and i know -- 49er fan. real quick, last but not least. tom llamas, are you so conservative and perfectly dressed all the time. we wanted to loosen you up a bit. so you're a ravens fan. i gave you this, and i gave -- if you can wear it on one of your live at 5 shows one time --

>> yeah. i -- that could change my career. >> reporter: take my earpiece out. and this, how about that, tom? >> subtle. >> love it. >> perfect. >> great stuff. thank you for the gifts. have a safe trip back. enjoy the game. tomorrow, we'll g good morning. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm richard jordan.

straight ahead on news 4 today, the prediction is in this morning. punxsutawney phil emerges with a brand new forecast for spring, but not before a call for snow this weekend. here's chuck bell. >> you got that right. we have snowflakes in western west virginia now. they are coming in our direction for your saturday afternoon. i'll talk about today's forecast, tomorrow, and show you a seven-day as well. don't go away. plus, we've got a tax time warning. how thieves are targeting people who are waiting to the last minute to file. and how celebrated poet maya angelou showed alicia keys a thing or two about an old-school type of singing. >> all that and more. >> back in 90 seconds. there is no mass-produced human. every signature is unique, and every fingerprint unrepeatable. at sleep number, we recognize the incredible diversity of human beings, and know that up there with your social security number and your phone number is another important number.

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right now, a groundhog showdown. a spring forecast on this groundhog day, but does punxsutawney phil's forecast agree with d.c.'s own potomac phil? >> but get ready for another dose of winter in the immediate future. there's a good chance you might see snow this weekend. good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 today. it is saturday, february 2nd, 2013. new this morning, great news if you're looking forward to spring. it's going to come early, according to punxsutawney phil. you can see the furry little guy emerge from his stump in